Ops, I mean "I can't lose any photo" not "I can lose"...
Silvio Tanaka http://livpic.at http://flavors.me/tanaka On 26 nov, 03:48, Tanaka <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > How are you doing? This is my first message, I'm not a developer, I'm > just a Brazilian photographer with a poor English, crazy ideas and > some kind of understanding of what we could do in the future (or > not) :) and I'm here to ask you help or some tips to follow with my > busy developers friends here in Sao Paulo. > > I'm trying to find a way to connect my DSLR camera to Android. I know > that today it's not possible because there's no suport to PTP (Picture > Transfer Protocol) or MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) on Android - as > you guys have already said > beforehttp://osdir.com/ml/android-platform/2009-02/msg00922.html > -, but let me try to explain why this could be a good thing to have > working. > > I've developed a simple script that monitors a folder on my notebook > and send the JPG files (low resolution images) through mail to flickr > or picasa. My intention is to publish the images automatically > straight out of my DSLR camera connected to any kind of phone, modem, > whatever. Today I can do that with a notebook, but It's kind of clumsy > to shoot with a Macbook on my back and a 3G modem hung. Android phones > would be perfect just because it's open source! I could never imagine > that with an iPhone or Windows Mobile. > > I'm trying to find a cheap solution like an app that in the future > could be sold on Android Market to any photo-journalist, press > company, freelancer or whoever (if anyone create this, please give me > the credit for the idea at least... LOL). > > I can see some issues following this idea: > - MTP support > - Transfer speed > - RAW files + JPGs > - Storage > - Multi-tasking > > MTP/PTP > Why do I insist on MTP/PTP? Because all professional cameras uses it > as a default protocol to comunicate, send files. Yes, there's some > very expensive solutions that can send files through wi-fi but I think > that wi-fi doesn't solve my problem, the perfect world could have a 3G > modem stuck right in the camera to publish the content in real time. > Today with my DSLR + PTP + Macbook + 3G I can shoot and publish with a > delay of 30 seconds :) > > Transfer speed > Professional cameras has powerful image processors that delivers files > in high resolution. Imagine process raw files with a JPG low > resolution version at the same time with 8 frame per second! If a > camera has 12 megapixels the transfer of these images will be > something like 96 megabytes per second. I don't know, I'm just > guessing without knowing if there's mobile hardware that can handle > this, my guess tells me that it's quite impossible, isn't it? > > RAW + JPG > My camera can generate 2 images of each photo, one is the high > resolution, it's the back up file, the RAW to process and print it on > magazines, newspapers. Other one is the JPG version in low resolution > which I need just to publish on the web. When the camera is connected > via PTP it doesn't save the files on its compact flash card, the > camera send the files via PTP, so I need booth files, RAW to process > later (after the photo session's end) and the JPG to publish as it was > taken. > > Storage > What is better, write the files on the mobile local flash memory or in > the micro SD card? Every photo session I need at least 8Gb and I can > lose any photo. > > Multi-tasking > I need that the phone write the RAW files and send the JPG at the same > time. Am I out of my mind and asking to much? LOL > > Please guys, I'd appreciate if anyone could help or suggest another > way to do that: shoot and publish in a blink :) > > Thank you for your time! > > Big hug from a Brazilian friend, > > Silvio Tanakahttp://livpic.athttp://flavors.me/tanaka -- unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting
